different between declaration vs shahada

English

Etymology

From Middle English declaration, declaracion, declaracioun, from Old French declaration (French déclaration), from Latin d?cl?r?ti?nem, accusative of Latin d?cl?r?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?kl???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

declaration (countable and uncountable, plural declarations)

1. A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, intention, belief, etc.

2. A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
3. The act or process of declaring.
4. (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
5. (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
6. (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

• (act or process of declaring): notice
• (list of items for legal purposes): notice, statement
• (written or oral indication): avowal, notice, statement

Hyponyms

• (computing): forward declaration

Related terms

• declare

Translations

See also

• complaint
• customs declaration
• statutory
• statutory declaration

Further reading

• declaration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• indacaterol, redactional

Middle French

Noun

declaration f (plural declarations)

1. declaration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (šah?da, “witnessing”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sha?ha?da

Noun

shahada (usually uncountable, plural shahadas or shahadat)

1. (Islam, especially theosophy) The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).

Translations

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (šah?da, “witnessing”).

Noun

shàh?d?? f (plural shah?d?d?, possessed form shàh?dàr?)

1. (Islam) shahada
2. (Islam) martyrdom, death in a holy war
3. certificate

   Synonym: satifikat

Portuguese

Noun

shahada f (plural shahadas)

1. Alternative spelling of chahada

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????????? (šah?da).

Pronunciation

Noun

shahada (n class, plural shahada)

1. testament, evidence
2. diploma, certificate
3. (Islam) shahada (declaration of faith)

Synonyms

• (certificate): cheti

Derived terms

• kidole cha shahada

Related terms

• shahidi